12.28.2014

I love the end of the year because it gives me a great excuse to go back and look at all the crafty things I've done this year. I love to wrap up my favorites and share them on my blog. In no particular order, here are my favorite layouts from 2014:

Yes, this one eeked it's way in after just being created a few days ago. Original post here.

So, yes, I clearly love white backgrounds, bright colors and a "smattering" of stuff, whether that stuff be paint or sequins or enamel dots. It feels good to have found a style that I'm comfortable with. :O)

Do you do wrap-up posts like this? If so, please share. I LOVE them, so I promise I'll visit!!

For full product lists, click on the "original post" links below each photo.

12.26.2014

Hey, y'all! I haven't done a giveaway in forever. I'm trying to de-clutter a bit heading into the new year, so now's the time.

I currently have way more Project Life cards than I can possibly use in a lifetime, so I'm doing a big giveaway over on Instagram! Head on over & tag a friend to enter. Giveaway closes on Sunday night!

Hi, everyone! I hope you had a very merry Christmas (or a nice day off of work if you don't celebrate Christmas)!

I think I've mentioned it before, but I love holiday weekends because it gives me lots of extra scrap time. I love that I'm able to "scrap for fun." For this round of scrapping for fun, I decided to participate in The Cut Shoppe's December challenge I was lucky enough to win a bunch of cut files from a recent contest and I just had to immediately play.

This month they had a color challenge:

I used my favorite new cut file to create this layout and added in some buttons inspired by the challenge photo:

Love the end results! Aren't those hearts awesome? I need to use my Silhouette more...

12.23.2014

Good morning, everyone! I am popping by to share a layout that I had posted up on the Clique Kits' Blog yesterday. It was my last project made with the December kit. I've said it before, but I really LOVED working with this kit. I think it's my favorite kit of all time!!

For this layout I was inspired by the fun Echo Park Creative Agenda collection. I loved the water-colored elements so I replicated them onto my layout.

For a full how-to, check out the Clique Kits blog. Also, almost all the items in the Clique Kits store are marked down (some stuff up to 50% off!!) and if use code KAT10 you get an extra 10% off on top of that - check it out and do a little Christmas shopping for yourself ;-)

12.22.2014

Hey, everyone! I have sent out another happy mail package. This week I focused on the recipient's favorite color: purple. I had SO MUCH fun putting this little package together - plus I really love paint chips, so any excuse to use them makes me happy.

I used a bunch of fun Curtsey Boutique goodies to put this package together - that pretty stuff never gets old!

I also decorated my mailing envelope a little bit. But seriously, I need to work on the outer packaging a bit more!

If you're interested in being happy mail "pen pals", shoot me an email at kraftykat9@gmail.com !

12.19.2014

Hey, everyone! Happy, happy Friday! I love Fridays! Reaching the end of the work week is one of the best feelings.

I'm popping in today to share my projects for my Doodlebug Design DT application. I didn't make the team (sad face), but I did have a lot of fun creating the projects for my application. Here's what I submitted:

I adore Doodlebug's products - the fun, colorful collections and touch of glitter embellishments fit in perfectly with my style. In fact, I just refilled my Doodlebug embellishment stash in preparation for this application, so you will see a lot of their products showing up on my work here within the next few weeks.

12.17.2014

Hey, everyone!! It's time for the monthly Clique Kits' pep rally. I loved the December kit so much - I ended up creating 4 layouts, 2 project life spreads and a gift tag...and I still have a ton of stuff left over - that's definitely some bang for the buck!

For this month's pep rally, I went with the "anything goes" theme. I had a picture of my Granny and I from her 100th birthday party (yes - 100!) that I really wanted to scrap. The pretty Heidi Swapp floral paper was the perfect pattern to use on my layout:

12.15.2014

Have you heard of the happy mail project? It's not an active website anymore, but it's still chock-full of happy mail inspiration. Recently, I've become a tad bit obsessed with happy mail. I signed up for Bonita Rose's Happy Mail Swap and sent my very first bit of happy mail last week. Have a look:

I put all this stuff in a boring yellow shipping envelope...I'm going to have to work on my outer packaging a bit :) It was so much fun to put together a little package to send someone...and it's another fun way for me to express my creativity...seriously, I'm addicted.

I'm looking for more happy mail "pen pals". If you're interested, just email me at kraftykat9@gmail.com.

12.13.2014

Hey, everyone! I'm up on the Clique Kits blog today sharing some of my pages for this year's December Daily. I've never used a kit for my DD before, but I really should have. It makes the whole process so much easier!! Here is a look at some of my pages so far this year:

I've been keeping it simple this year and I'm loving the results. My prep work in November has also made the project much easier to tackle.

12.08.2014

Good morning, everyone! Hope you had a nice weekend and that you are ready to jump back in to the work week (for the record, I am not).

There was a new challenge posted at The Studio yesterday. The challenge: scrap a childhood photo. I don't have any childhood photos on hand, but I do have a whole box of photos from high school, so I used one of those. I have a photo of myself and my 2 best friends in high school that was taken 10 years ago. And I paired it with a picture of us that was take just 2 months ago. I love the comparison!